Clinical Program Services: Update from the Six Pillars

Published March 2, 2015

Clinical Program Services (CPS) was initiated two years ago to bring experts across the organization together to develop, design and deploy clinical standardizations that improve the cost of care while maintaining or improving access, clinical quality and patient satisfaction. Since then, CPS launched 13 clinical performance groups and focused work groups, welcomed more than 1,000 clinical experts collaborating across clinical areas and care operations, and rolled out dozens of new initiatives with more than 200 currently underway. Here is a short update on each of the six pillars being worked on system-wide.

Align with research needs identified by cancer, cardiovascular and neurosciences CPS Performance Groups; more formalized Research Advisory Council following May 8-9 Research Summit

Develop website tool to facilitate user-friendly access to existing Research Support Services for all sites -such as IRB, contracts, training, registries, publications, compliance support - targeted by April

Develop consolidated reporting of research activities across PH&S, talking points and other communication tools

Information about these efforts and other work from groups such as critical care, diagnostic imaging, digestive health, pharmacy, surgical robotics, sleep medicine, and transplant, can be found on the Clinical Program Services site.